Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-06
DELIGHTFUL TRIP.


summer of 'S7-New Haven Well
Represented-Persona
The steamer Elm City has been recently
overhauled and repainted and generally sup
piled with new life preservers, lifeboats, cor
dage and other fresh supplies and looked
like new boat as she lay at anchor Friday
morning at Belle dock all ready to start for
New London and the great Yale Harvard
boat race. Her commodious decks and
saloons were we'll filed at 10 o'clock and the
boat swung away from the dock promptly on
the hour as advertised. On shore it was
another sweltering hot day with the Their
mometer in the nineties while the passengers
on the Elm City were enjoying fresh salt
breeze almost forgetful of the discomforts
on land Had there been no race the passen-
gers could never have regretted their holiday
on the Sound. AS the boat steamed out into
the harbor she received a salute from the tug
William, owned by the New England Trans
portation company, and a combined salute
from Curtis F. Evarts' tugs S. R. Smith,
Boyd and Avery. Other salutes followed
and were returned by the
Elm City. Malone's orchestra
struck up a lively air and all congratulated
each other that they had escaped the terrible
of railroad heat and dust. Among the many
passengers who chose this agreeable method
of journeying to the scene of the boat race
with the least discomfort and the most real
l pleasure the reporter noticed the following:
Ex- Mayor Harry Lewis, Hon. Colin Inger-
soil, Hon. Randolph Tucker, ex-Judge L. E.
Munson, ex-Judge William B. Stoddard,
Prosecuting Attorney George N. Gum,
Attorneys Henry T. Blake, Pigott
and Pardee, Joseph B. Morse, Charles l..
Ullman, Isaac Wolfe, George Ingersoll and
Judge James P. Thompson, Fire Marshal
| Andrew ]. Kennedy, Custom House Officer
Harry Leigh, Walter Leigh, ESQ.,, James
Gallagher, jr., Messenger Stevens, Real
| Estate Agent E. G. Beecher, Mr.. William
Ford and wife, Mr.. Ford, of Sargent's manu-
| factory, and daughter, Mr.. Charles Downes
and wife, Mr.. William Clarkson and family,
Frank A. Bowman, Henry N. Whittelsey,
Joseph T. Whittelsey, Edward +. Merrill
Ezra Merriman, Charles Chase, George Nal
| lory, w. c.. Warren, George L.. Beach,
| Edward Heaton, jr., John B. Mcqueen and
| Edward Young, Mr.. Marlin, of the Marlin
Firearms company, Mr.. Samuel Crane, of
l the Elliott House, H. Spier, Mr.. Lambert,
| Mr.. Daniel Jones of the Yale Glee club, Rev.
| Spencer Bray, Miss Graves, Miss Rachel
| Webster, Mrs. Postmaster English. Mrs.
| Bryant, Miss Josie Bryant, Miss Camp, Miss
| Florence White, Miss Fogel, Miss Smith, Miss
Kirschner and hundreds of others. This was
| the Elm City's initial trip for the season and
| the officers and crew were untiring in their
| efforts to make the occasion most enjoyable
| to all. In the pilot house with Captain
\ Bishop we found Pilot 81. H. Griswold, Quar-
| termaster Thomas Mallory and Lookout Will
liam Higgins, all painstakiIng to
duties, keeping constant watch of
| compass. course and wheels. Captain
| Bishop is approachable and affable, yet pos
sessing that calm dignity which belongs al
| ways to one whose orders must be obeyed.
| In the engineer department were Chief
| Engineer Samuel Mackey and First Assistant
Simon F. Colt. William Thompson and ice
| Croaker, first and second mate respectively,
filled their difficult positions to the entire sat
isfaction apparently of all on board.
| The genial purser, Mr.. E. S. Barber,
1 demonstrated anew that a man may
prove most efficient and reliable purser, and
| vet not lose his temper nor forget to be al
| ways polite. The steward, Mr.. John B. Van
/ Fleet, is a cultured young gentleman who
| understands his business and whose table Is
| generally supplied with well cooked food.
Above the dining room on the after deck Miss
Downing presided over we'll stocked table
| containing cakes, pies, sandwiches and Hill
| mans ice cream, and the supply both in din
ing room and cafe was amply sufficient to
satisfy the wants of the passengers continually
thronging them. Arriving at New London
before half-past two o'clock those who chose
L
past five o'clock the steamer swung into
place alongside of the race course just above
| the finish A more slightly place could not
have been secured. The sight of that race
| will never be forgotten. The steamer com
manded view of the whole river ana as
both crews approached within clearer view
and it became apparent that the wearers Of
the blue were ahead the enthusiasm on board
the Elm City was unbounded. The scene or
the hurricane deck, which was crowded witt
the friends of Yale, beggars description
The passengers watched with electrical sur
prise the clock like movement of the whole
Yale crew as it shot by within only few
rods of the Elm City and the bell of the Elm
City as it rang out its joyous sound seemed
to strangely resemble the old college bell OF
the Yale campus. The whistles blew agar
and again the race was won and happy
crowd made still happier by the glorious resul
returned to New Haven well pleased with
their days experience and the delightful
| noon1i1ht anil home